Necktie-retainer



L. F.-WEIR.

NECKTIE RETAINER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV- 15. WW.

1,361,296. nted Dee. 7,1920.

91 20.11101. Lloydfi mm V W Gnome" u i r STATES LLOYD F. U313, 01? SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

NECKTIE-RETAINER.

Application filed November 15, 1919.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LLOYD F. WEIR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of lVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Retainers, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to an improved necktie retainer designed especially for mens wear in holding or retaining neclities of the four-in-hand type especially, and also applicable for use with bow ties, the device being best adapted for employment with fold collars, in order that no unusual appearance will be created because ofthe presencev of the device. The primary object of the invention is the provision of such an article as indicated to which a made-up tie, either a bow or a four-in-hand, or the usual scarf, may be skillfully and with facility, attached to the collar, to present a neat appearance, and aid and assist those.

unskilled in the art of tying scarfs, and the invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements of parts in connection with a strip or band of elastic or other webbing, whereby loops formed in the neck tie may be attached to the band which encircles the collar, as will be hereinafter explained, and as illustrated in the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings 1 have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of the invention, designed to be sold in the haberdashery trade as an article of manufacture, and constructed and arranged according to the best mode I have so far devised for the practical application of the principles of my invention.

Figure l is a perspective view showing the device with a four-in-hand tie attached thereto presenting the appearance of the article when in use, but separated or detached from a collar, the portion in dotted lines illustrating the adaptability of the elastic band in adjusting itself to collars of different size.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the article complete.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view'showing the device being utilized to attach the tie to the collar, one end of the webbing or band being anchored to the collar, while the other end is secured to a loop of the tie, the next step being the attachment of. the free loop of the tie to the anchored end of the band.

The preferred form of the invention is Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

Serial No. 338,220.

illustrated in the drawings wherein a strip of webbing 1 which is preferably elastic and of the required width and length to fit w1thin the. folds of the collar 0, has attached thereto an open loop 2 that is formed integrally with the attaching plate 3 by means of which the loop is fixed at the end of the webbing or band 1, the opening in the loop being indicated by the numeral 4.

At the other end of the band 1, a hook device 5 is provided, the hook being of metal, as is the case with the open loop 2, and fashioned with an integral attaching plate 6, secured, as by rivets to the material of the band, and in Fig. 3, especially, it will be observed that the hook member 6 is fashioned with an extension base plate 7, projecting 1n alinement with the attaching plate or portion 6 beneath the hook 5 and beyond said hook in order that the projecting portion may be grasped between the thumb and finger. This extension may be roughened, abraded, or otherwise formed, to offer a ready grasp to the fingers in manipulating the device as when anchoring the hook member on the end of the collar (as in F ig. 3) thus avoiding contact of the fingers with the collar and eliminating likelihood of soiling the collar. The web or band 1, the open loop member 2, and the hook member 5, are

permanently secured together, the metal connecting member being secured at the ends of the web, and the web, it will be apparent is designed to fit up under the folds of the collar C with its free ends at the front of the collar in front of the button-hole tabs.

In connection with the hook 5 a coupling link 7 is utilized, this member also being stamped of metal, and fashioned with a pair of parallel, vertically extending slots 8 and 9, the former of suitable size to receive and retain the hook 5,-and the latter complementary to the open loop 2, and reference to Fig. 1 discloses the utility of the open loop 2 and link 7 in combination'with the loops 10 and 11 of the tie 12.

As before intimated, the loops or wings 10, 11, of the tie 12 may be permanently fashioned members or parts of a made-up tie to represent a four-in-hand scarf, for use by those who are not skilled in tying four-in-hand ties, or do not care to take the time to tie the scarf, and in such case, the wing 10 is entered through the open loop 2 and properly adjusted, while the coupling link 7 is permanently affixed to the other wing 11 of the tie, and when applying the tie to the collar, the slot 8 of the link is caught over the hook 5, as in Fig. 1.

When the scarf is to be tied by hand, the coupling link is slipped over the end of the scarf, and then the scarf is tied into the usual four-in-hand, or other style of knot, before applying to the retainer, the two wings 10 and 11 being fashioned as part of the tie, after which the band is slipped into the folded collar with the hook member engaging the collar as in Fig. 3. With the band anchored in the collar the loop 10 is fitted in the open loop 2, and then the link 7 slipped over the hook 5, the hook is disengaged from the collar, and the tie then properly and symmetrically adjusted in the front of the collar, which has, of course, been previously buttoned to the neck band of the shirt. In Fig. 1 the dotted lines indicate the adjustability of the band to a collar of larger size than that required with the full line illustration, thus adapting the article to any sizes of collars within limits, but of course the article itself may be made into various sizes determined by the length of the elastic band 1.

By the utilization of they device it will readily be apparent that once the knot is tied, the scarf may be used several times before re-tying thus saving wear on the material and presenting at all times a desired design or pattern at the knot portion of the tie. Bow ties and four-in-hand ties may be thus equipped with equal facility, and a made-up tie may be so arranged and retained as to present the appearance of a tied scarf, the wings 10 and 11 of the tie in all cases, extending around toward the back of the collar a suflicient distance to render the metal parts of the retainer invisible, and lying fiat and snug up under the folds of the collar.

What I claim is- As an article of manufacture, an elastic band having an end hook-plate fashioned with a longitudinal extension forming a thumb piece and a plate attached at the opposite end of the band fashioned with open arms forming a loop for engaging and retaining a tie wing, and a slotted connecting linkto co-act with the hook plate and another tie wing, as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

LLOYD F. WEIR. 

